Effect of Root Restriction on the Growth, Photosynthesis Rate, and Source and Sink Relationship of Chilli (Capsicum annuum L.) Grown in Soilless Culture

Table 8

Pearson’s correlation coefficients matrix among fruit fresh weight, leaf area, leaf, stem and root dry weight, total chlorophyll content, stem sucrose content, and photosynthesis rate at 112 DAT.

Variable	FFW	LA	LDW	SDW	RDW	TCC	SSC	Pn
FFW	1.0
LA	0.94	1.0
LDW	0.95	0.93	1.0
SDW	0.88	0.80	0.93	1.0
RDW	0.94	0.86	0.94	0.83	1.0
TCC	−0.15	−0.19	−0.40	−0.41	−0.38	1.0
SSC	−0.48	−0.41	−0.68	−0.66	−0.66	0.86	1.0
Pn	0.42	0.18	0.27	0.43	0.39	0.06	−0.009	1.0

FFW: Fruit fresh weight, LA: leaf area, LDW: leaf dry weight, SDW: stem dry weight, RDW: root dry weight, TCC: total chlorophyll content, SSC: stem sucrose content, Pn: photosynthesis rate, ; .